Twin Lakes Fire
The Twin Lakes Fire was reported on August 8, 2016 in Hot Springs County, Wyoming and burned 1,579 acres. It was declared out on October 7, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,579 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2016
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.894, -108.981.
The incident
- Size
- 1,579 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2016 at 7:24 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 8, 2016 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 23, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 7, 2016 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Hot Springs County
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city reported
- Cody
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $7,024,539
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-WYWBD-000421
- IRWIN identifier
- 056F40D3-1697-4248-94F9-9DD3DC8024C1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Dubois, WY covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated July 17, 2018 at 3:08 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-WYWBD-000421.